RE: The United States of inclusivity
December 6, 2020 at 5:48 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2020 at 6:04 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(December 6, 2020 at 5:15 am)Eleven Wrote:(December 6, 2020 at 5:13 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I don't really feel that filmmakers have any particular obligation to make historically accurate films. While some of the ahistorical stuff they get away with is pretty egregious, overall this is a non-issue for me.
As you said, the goal of movie studios is profit, which is what it's supposed to be. These people are entertainers, not educators. There's nothing wrong with that.
Boru
Like Ryan Murphy's recent Hollywood series.
It is historically accurate in some senses, yet fictionalized in others in order to appeal to the audience for entertainment purposes.
Exactly. I think insistence on historical accuracy goes too far. I recall a scathing review of Spielberg's 'Lincoln' based solely on the fact that Daniel Day Lewis is 6'2" while the real Abraham Lincoln was 6'4". I mean, I could understand criticizing the film if it had portrayed Lincoln winning the Battle of Trafalgar or inventing the phonograph or something, but Lewis being 2" shorter than Lincoln? Come on.
Boru
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